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1 John 4:19 - “We love because he first loved us.” People often ask me, “How do you practically continue to ’stay in love’ with the Lord like you do?” Really, it’s very simple. I do it the same...
Ephesians 5:1-2 - “Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved childrenand walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to...
Psalm 73:16-17 - “When I pondered to understand this, it was troublesome in my sight until I came into the sanctuary of God.“ If you were asked to name three things that pose the gravest general...
Romans 12:9-10 - “Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each...
Hebrews 3:13 - “Encourage one another daily.” The Greek translation for the word encouragement is parakletos, which literally means “called alongside to help.” It brings to mind the scriptural...
John 17:24 - “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory.“ Believers in Jesus are precious to God (we’re his bride!). And he loves us...
Psalm 10:14 - “But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.” If you...
Ephesians 3:17b-19 – “And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love...
1 Peter 2:4 – “As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him…” Everything seems to be in flux all around us. We hear about wars, rumors of wars,...
Genesis 39:2, 20b-21- “The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master…But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed...